COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONBrewed broadly in the Belgian saison (or sezoens) farmhouse ale style, Brooklyn Flemish Gold is a dry, hoppy, spicy beer with a distinctive American twist. Flemish Gold is brewed from German pilsener malt and brewer’s sugar, bittered with German Perle hops, aromatized in the kettle with Czech Saaz hops, and fermented to flinty dryness by a Belgian ale yeast. Then we dry-hop the beer with Glacier (a relatively new hop in the Fuggle family) from the Pacific Northwest. Served unfiltered, Flemish Gold has a bright, fresh hop aroma, an orangey spiciness from our special top-fermenting yeast, a racy, refreshing palate, and a snappy finish.

11/7/2008 at Local Option. Clear golden with a two finger pillowy white head, fair retention. Lots of grassy herbal hops in the aroma, followed with some peach, pear, and Belgian yeast. Flavor is much the same with some added herbal hop notes. Still grassy and fruity through to the dry finish, bitterness peaked at a 3. Moderate carbonation with a light to medium body. Very good saison.

Pours a slightly cloudy golden color with a thin white head. Aroma of citrus, peppery yeast and honey. Flavor of citrus, mild hops and peppery yeast. The body is light to medium with a creamy texture and medium to lively carbonation. Interesting.

Golden pour with a frothy white head. Aroma is lightly spicey, yeasty, and some fruity esters. Mouthfeel was lightly creamy with a bit of crispness. Flavor was spicey farmhouse with a bit of hopping and some light earthy fruit. Drinkable and refreshing.

Really nice spice character that I originally thought was ginger. I was worried that this would be one of those tastes that I like at the beginning but hate at the end, but it was mild enough so that I enjoyed it until the end, great job.

(Draught at BA’s BBF’09, I suppose it was this beer although the it was labelled as Glacier) Poured golden and hazy with large white head. Distictively hoppy and somewhat sour aroma. Medium bodied palate with medium carbonation. Tasted of sourness, hops, fruitiness, sweetness and grapefruit in taste. Hoppy and fruity aftertaste.

RnH: Pours party cloudy, pale yellow, green tinge... one finger dry head, decent lacing. The nose was bright, young fruits, citrus, soem metallic tones. The taste was dry and crisp, at first the medium/ high crabonation washed most of the taste away. Eventually I got a read on the fruity yet bitter balanced finished... this turned into a very nice brew.

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